Middle school. I guess it's alright. I just thought it would be really good. New friends, people like you… But for me it's the exact opposite. How do people in middle school even get popular? I know what it sounds like though. Popular. It sounds… amazing, and you know I would have thought that too about five months ago. But trust me… middle school and being popular is a lot harder than it sounds.

Yeah, I know that for some people, popularity comes really easy because of who they are. But if you're not popular, where does that leave you? It leaves you below them. Yep. You heard me right. Way, way, way, way below them. So basically to them, you're no one. Those people whom you may look up to. The popular kids. I would never, Because when you're not popular, you get bullied. Now not all the time… but online, in person, it never matters… you can get bullied.

Honestly, getting bullied used to bother me, but not anymore. I learned that people will be people and that you just have to deal with it. But don't get me wrong… it sucks. Those popular kids you may look up to, don't know what they are doing to the kids who well… are not so popular. The things they say.  Why do kids have an image to follow? I never got that. It just does not make sense. Why do people have to follow a certain look to be liked? That's nor fair. If you don't wear the normal, or the cool clothes, then people won't like you. But why? Why am I not good enough, but you are? 

Being popular may sound cool. But honestly, I'd rather have only a few friends. Because I know that being popular in middle school in ten years… won't even matter anymore. It will just be a memory that most people might even forget. Now I'm not saying being popular is bad… but when you get into middle school, it means a whole different definition to you than it did in the past. I think that sometimes… being popular isn't really the moral of middle school. I mean… I'm sure being liked is great, but when you just have maybe 20 friends and a few best friends, that's all one needs to get through middle school. 

I used to care what people thought of me. Trust me, I cared. I let it bother me when people were mean to me. But why? Why did I? Now it doesn't matter. Those people who are mean are only insecure about themselves. As long as you don't let what they say bother you, it doesn't really matter anymore. Even when people say something mean to me, I just don't think about it. Because what they say or think of me… does not matter.

Middle school. You may not be popular, or you may. But being popular does not define you or make you any better of a person. As long as you're happy with yourself, then it doesn't matter what others think of you. Just choose the right people to surround yourself with… and you will get through it just fine. Trust me.